Arba’ah Turim [Rabbinic Code of Law]

Estimate: $15,000–$20,000
Hammer price: $24,000

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author

JACOB BEN ASHER.

printer

Chaim bar David, Yoseph bar Yakar, Yitzchak bar Chaim

Place

Augsburg

Publication

1540

Description

Four Parts, complete in two volumes with scarce 3-page indices at end. Title page without ornamentation. On f.7 ornate woodcut border by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting the Creation, architectural pillars flanked by Kings David and Solomon clutching scrolls inscribed “The Path of Life (Orach Chaim) Journeys Upwards for the Wise” (Proverbs 15:24). Poem at end by Elijah Levita. Extensive inscriptions relating to a 17th-century rather tragic family chronicle.

references

Vinograd, Augsburg 11; Adams J-14; St. Cat. Bodl. 5500

summary

Jacob ben Asher’s Tur. A Rare and Important German Edition. A fundamental Rabbinic treatise embracing all the laws and customs incumbent both on the individual and the Community as a whole. Its over-riding authority has been recognised and accepted by Jewish scholars for generations

Volume I: Even Ha'ezer: ff. 2, 44. Choshen Mishpat: ff. 112, (2). * Volume II: Orach Chaim: ff. 84. Yoreh De'ah: ff. 70. Previous owners' inscriptions, variously stained. Uniform contemporary calf over thick wooden boards, rubbed. Sm. folio

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